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off a successful shot, dropping him in his tracks. 

 He proved to be a big bull, with heavy horns, 

 measuring iSf inches, and I was delighted, as we 

 needed meat badly and it saved one day's rations. 



During the rest of my stay at Goloshe Gorme 

 I hunted with varying success, and bagged, amongst 

 other things, another fine bull arrola and an oryx, 

 but I saw no more zebra and no lesser kudu. Finally, 

 the herd of arrola which I had been so assiduously 

 pursuing became very wild and shy, and left the 

 locality at last ; so, having already obtained a small, 

 but fairly comprehensive bag of the game-animals 

 found in Jubaland, I decided to proceed northwards. 

 One day was spent in getting ready and putting 

 everything in good order, and on the following day 

 at early dawn we broke camp. 



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